Action · October 28, 2022

The Classrooms (2022)

local_offer-30% current discountgroup100k–1M ownersrecommend2.4k recommendations
The Classrooms The Classrooms is a procedural, liminal-space, found-footage, survival horror game. In 1996, Robert Chen took his VHS camcorder to the newly condemned local public school to investigate the disappearances of multiple students, including his younger sister. However, shortly after entering the premises, he finds himself lost in a senseless and seemingly infinite maze of halls and classrooms. Discover the contents of the tape he left behind. Explore The Classrooms and discover the various anomalies it contains; from malicious entities to harmless oddities. And remember, it's different every time you play, so your found footage is uniquely yours. Procedural World The world of The Classrooms is fully procedural and different every time you play. Billions of possible layouts and procedural elements ensure a gameplay experience that's always full of surprises. Entities Watch out for the various entities that reside within the world of The Classrooms. Entities range from harmless to extremely dangerous, thorough investigation into their various properties will be paramount if one wishes to survive. Every entity has a deep and unique set of mechanics that differentiates it from all others. Features Proximity Voice: Sound from your input device affects the game world. Making loud noise can reveal your location to certain entities, but maybe you can use your voice to your advantage. Inventory: Find and use various different types of items, codex entries, keys, and equipment. The items available to you might not be the same items available to another. Entities: Discover and survive the unique mechanics of each of the entities. Development Roadmap We are dedicated to improving the game both in breadth and depth. The procedural levels will be given more details and combinations, and new anomalies and entities will be added as development continues. This will allow for many new gameplay situations to arise. Our main focuses are currently: New Entities New Anomalous Objects Improved Procedural Generation New Levels New Story Elements Improved Gameplay Language Localization

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Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Early Access · 528
  • Psychological Horror · 480
  • Procedural Generation · 459
  • Exploration · 456
  • Surreal · 442
  • 1990's · 439
  • Survival Horror · 427
  • Atmospheric · 427
  • First-Person · 417
  • 1980s · 402
  • Horror · 392
  • Cinematic · 387
  • Mystery Dungeon · 373
  • 3D · 368
  • Dark · 352

Position in Action

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume2.0k Steam reviewsTop 99% in Action
Positive rating90% positiveGenre average: 83% — this title sits in top 37%
Engagement hours6 h averageTop 63% for session depth among Action

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (12)

  • English volume_up
  • French
  • Italian
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Arabic
  • Czech
  • Dutch
  • Finnish
  • Greek
  • Hungarian
  • Indonesian

Full audio (2)

  • English
  • Mongolian

Release & Availability

Release dateOct 28, 2022
DeveloperHillcrest Games Inc., Xefier Games
PublisherXefier Games
Base price$8.39 -30%
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners100k–1M
External linksOfficial site · [email protected]

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

6h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

9h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

1h

Current engagement

Reception Metrics

Steam community

90%Very Positive · 2.0k reviews

1.8k positive · 198 negative

Curator recommendations

2.4k

Content Notes

Violent bloody deaths caused by entities

Features & Capabilities

Input & Comfort

  • Partial Controller Support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Editions & Packages

  • Buy The Classrooms